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Illinois' ecology is in a land area of 56,400 square miles (146,000 km 2); the state is 385 miles (620 km) long and 218 miles (351 km) wide and is located between latitude: 36.9540° to 42.4951° N, and longitude: 87.3840° to 91.4244° W, [1] with primarily a humid continental climate.
The Illinois Land Conservation Act (Public Law 104-106) created the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, designated the transfer of 19,165 acres (7,756 ha) of land in Illinois from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The Illinois Land Conservation Act mandates that Midewin be managed to meet four primary objectives:
Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]
The Shawnee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the Ozark and Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, United States.Administered by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, it consists of approximately 498,615 acres (2,100 km²) of federally managed lands.
1980s [5] Illinois River: Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area: Alexander: 1,380 5.6 ? Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: Fayette: 37,000 150 1966: Carlyle Lake: Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: Montgomery: 297 1.20 1966: Coffeen Lake, Shoal Creek: Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area: Crawford: 1,129 4.57 ? Huston Creek
Further, the Forest Service fought fires on 2.996 million acres (12,120 km 2) of land in 2007. [15] The Forest Service organization includes ranger districts, national forests, regions, research stations and research work units and the Northeastern Area Office for State and Private Forestry. Each level has responsibility for a variety of functions.
Map of wood-filled areas in the United States, c. 2000 [1]. In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2]
Central Illinois is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities. Agriculture, particularly corn and soybeans, figures prominently. Major cities include Peoria, and Springfield (the state capital). The Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area is located in the central region of the state and is composed of Champaign, Ford, and Piatt counties. [5]